SALT LAKE CITY >> The Lakers figured out two things that became mostly non-existent all year.

They picked up a 100-97 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday at EnergySolutions Arena, marking the team’s first two-game winning streak in over two months. The Lakers also walked off the court in single-file fashion. That marked a stark difference from when Jordan Hill, Nick Young and Carlos Boozer crashed Jeremy Lin’s postgame interview following a win on Sunday in Boston that prompted coach Byron Scott to lecture them.

“We’re not going to quit,” Scott said. “We make a ton of mistakes at times. But it’s not because of lack of effort.”

Yet, the Lakers (15-41) being the Lakers, nothing came easy.

Utah forward Derrick Favors made an easy layup off an inbounds pass and drew a foul on Hill, a three-point play that cut the Lakers’ lead to 98-97 with two seconds remaining. Lakers center Robert Sacre sank two foul shots on the next possession. But Utah guard Gordon Hayward had an open look for a 3-pointer that rimmed out as time expired. Afterward Scott called Hill’s foul “a boneheaded move.”

“It was my fault,” said Hill, who added 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting. “I’m trying to foul him instead of letting him get the easy dunk. But he got both.”

The Lakers still cemented a two-game winning streak for the first time since Dec. 14, 2014 when Kobe Bryant surpassed Michael Jordan for third place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. The Lakers have lost 16 of their past 19 games since then, a trend that partly coinciding with Bryant sitting out the previous 13 contests because of a season-ending injury to his right shoulder.

The Lakers filled more bodies in the training room. The Lakers ruled out veteran guard Ronnie Price for at least six to eight weeks after he had surgery Wednesday to remove bone spurs and bone chips from his right elbow. Yet, Scott expressed skepticism Price would play for the rest of the 2014-15 season. Young also sat out because of continued soreness in his left knee that kept him out of practice on both Monday and Tuesday. Will Young play on Friday against the Milwaukee Bucks at Staples Center?

“Probably, don’t know,” said Young, who does not believe the injury is related to the non-displaced fracture he had that kept him out last season for two weeks. “They thought it could’ve been my ACL or anything like that. But it turned out it wasn’t.”

So, with the Lakers shorthanded, rookie guard Jordan Clarkson posted a career-high 22 points on 10-of-16 shooting and three assists. That included Clarkson throwing a one-handed dunk over Utah rookie guard Dante Exum with 4:34 left in the second quarter. The image seemed fitting since the Jazz drafted Exum fifth overall while Clarkson slid to the 46th pick in the second round. Clarkson then flexed his muscles and kissed one of his biceps.

“I play with emotions all the time,” Clarkson said. “If I go against someone drafted higher than me, it’s one of those things that I carry with me when I go out and play.”

But unlike in their last win, the Lakers did not celebrate with the same theatrics.

Mark Medina has been the Lakers beat writer for the Los Angeles Daily News since 2012. He also works as a Lakers insider for AM570 and is heard on national radio outlets, including The Dan Patrick Show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, The Chris Mannix Show, Fox Sports Radio, CBS Sports Radio, Yahoo! Sports Radio and SB Nation Radio. Medina also appears frequently on Spectrum SportsNet and NBC4's "Going Roggin."